User error? Seems more like a glitch in the forum software.
OK, maybe I was a bit harsh, I'm old and I just don't instantly think of the phone as where folks post from. I'll read stuff from a phone and maybe even answer an email or two
but usually if input from me is needed/desired I go to the PC.
So since this forum does have mobile software there may well be a glitch in the software but that seems unlikely. More than likely when you are copy and pasting some extra characters
are getting added because you can clearly see the differences in the example I did in my earlier post between what you posted (that didn't work) and what I did (that did work). Instead of
hitting the img button try typing in the
[img][/img]
yourself and then the forum's software will be much less involved and you'll be able to see that it must be either the link is bad or the info
you pasted is incorrectly formatted for a proper link.
Just to be clear, I was trying to help based on what coding I saw, didn't mean to insult or produce textual abuse with the "user error" remark, in case it was interpreted that way.